PUT INDUSTRY, MATHS AND MINDFULNESS INTO
YOUR LESSON PLANS...

Are you sitting at your desk thinking if and how to bring Industry into your Unit of
Study? Or maybe you would you like to give your students a Maths skills upgrade?
Or are keen to learn short and helpful ways to talk with students to promote their
wellbeing?

Then please read on for the support available for such endeavours via Maths in
Business, Mindfulness workshops and the Careers and Employer Relations Office...

CUSTOMISED MATHS IN BUSINESS FOR YOUR STUDENTS

Introduce your students to the invaluable FREE Mathematics skills upgrade
available to them through the Business Schools Maths in Business (MIB)
program.

Students can choose to participate in workshops designed to improve general
or specific Mathematical knowledge and skills, from basic algebra and
functions, to Excel at introductory and advanced levels, to Probability and
Sigma Notation...

In addition, you can have a MIB workshop tailor-made to your Units and
students' needs. Please contact MIB Coordinator Jessica Morr for more
information.

Four Business School students below share highlights of their Maths in
Business experience...

A Taste of Mindfulness: this session will provide you with a taste of
Mindfulness, an effective way of increasing attention, decreasing distraction
and managing stress. Arguably the more mindful you are the more engaged
in teaching you can be. 23 July, 2013

Individual differences and performance: people differ powerfully
from each other in stable basic dispositions called personality traits. Some
understanding of these patterns provides new options for enhancing
academic performance. 24 July, 2013

HOW TO INCLUDE WORK INTEGRATED LEARNING (WIL) INTO YOUR UNIT OF STUDY...

Do you have an idea to involve Industry in your UoS and would like expert help to
achieve it? From the initial invitation to planning for a successful student learning
experience from it, The Careers and Employer Relations Office can provide this.

As Careers Services Manager (Education), Lucinda Crossley Meates explains,
“Student feedback confirms how Industry involvement in Business School Units of
Study can hugely open a student's eyes as to where their studies and career can
take them.”

“Even if you (Faculty) remotely have an idea for Industry collaboration come and
talk to us we can tease it out with you. The opportunities are endless, from a
guest speaker in, say, Week 12, to fully integrated industry collaboration. Students
are hungry for it (WIL) and employers too.”

BUSINESS SCHOOL GRAD RETURNS TO SHARE THE VIEW FROM THE WORKPLACE how first year Accounting has stood the test of time

What was your USyd Degree and year of graduation?
I completed a combined Commerce/Law degree. I graduated in 2009 with a
Bachelor of Commerce (majoring in Accounting) and 2011 with a Bachelor of Laws.

During uni did speakers from industry come to your lectures?

How did this impact your learning?

I don't recall any industry speakers coming in during lectures however a number of
my lecturers formerly worked in industry (for example in audit and IT consulting)
and would often recount those experiences. This was an interesting break from the
syllabus but it was also helpful in showing me the relevance of what I was studying
and what it could lead to.

REFLECTIONS FROM COLLEAGUES ON BENEFITS TO STUDENTS OF WIL

ACCT3011 is a capstone unit for students taking Accounting as a major. The unit
exposes students to some of the more complex technical elements of Corporate
Accounting and goes further by encouraging students to reflect critically on how well
the information that we produce meets the information needs of key user groups.

Proctor and Gamble, Microsoft and Cathay Pacific Collaboration for second year Marketing students

From Teresa Davis, Associate Professor, Marketing

I have taught and run 'live projects' with Proctor and Gamble, Microsoft and Cathay
Pacific in my second year core subject, Consumer Behaviour. I ensure the company
is involved in it from the word go but work very hard to integrate it into my
teaching plan. This is primarily a “consumer insights” project which has delivered
very good immediate rewards for the students (free international airline tickets, very
cool software, phones, etc.); but more importantly, it has earned them internships
and full time jobs from these companies.